The 23 behinds Richmond scored against Melbourne last Saturday (13.23) was the most it had registered in a match for 17 years.

You have to go all the way back to Round 21 of the 1995 season to find the last time the Tigers finished with more behinds in a game.

On that occasion, Richmond kicked 14.25 (109) to defeat Collingwood 7.13 (55) at the MCG, in the lead-up to the Club’s first finals campaign since 1982.

Coach Damien Hardwick lamented the Tigers’ conversion rate in his post-game press conference last Saturday.

“We’ve just got to be better at finishing our work inside 50 because it’s been a common trend over the last couple of weeks, more behinds than goals,” he said.

To emphasise Hardwick’s point, Richmond has kicked a combined total of 46.64 in its past four games, compared to the opposition’s 52.24.

On a positive note, the Tigers had an equal-record number of scoring shots in a match, since Hardwick took over as coach, in last Saturday’s win against Melbourne.

The 36 scoring shots equalled the result in the Round 23, 2011 clash with Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, when the team won by 22 points - 17.19 (121) to 15.9 (99).

Interestingly, Richmond has had more scoring shots than its opposition in nine of the 14 games so far this season, and the same amount in two other matches. 

Only three times has the opposition recorded more scoring shots than the Tigers - Round 1 v Carlton, Round 2 v Collingwood and Round 10 v St Kilda.